5.5 Using automake, autoconf, and libtool

Table 5-3. Variables for ports that use automake, autoconf or libtool

Variable	Means
USE_AUTOMAKE	The port uses automake. Implies USE_AUTOCONF and USE_AUTOMAKE_VER?=14.
AUTOMAKE	The full path for automake if it is not in the PATH.
USE_AUTOMAKE_VER	The port uses automake. Valid values for this variable are 14 and 15, and sets the AUTOMAKE_DIR and ACLOCAL_DIR variables appropriately.
AUTOMAKE_ARGS	One or more command line arguments to pass to AUTOMAKE if USE_AUTOMAKE_VER is set.
AUTOMAKE_ENV	One or more environment variables to set (and their values) before running AUTOMAKE.
ACLOCAL	Set to the path of the GNU aclocal if it is not in the PATH. The default is set according to the USE_AUTOMAKE_VER variable.
ACLOCAL_DIR	Set to the path of the GNU aclocal shared directory. The default is set according to the USE_AUTOMAKE_VER variable.
AUTOMAKE_DIR	Set to the path of the GNU automake shared directory. The default is set according to the USE_AUTOMAKE_VER variable.
USE_AUTOCONF_VER	Specifies that the port uses autoconf. The default value is 213.
USE_AUTOCONF	Specifies that the port uses autoconf. Implies GNU_CONFIGURE and USE_AUTOCONF_VER?=213.
AUTOCONF	Set to the path of GNU autoconf if it is not in the PATH. The default is set according to the USE_AUTOCONF_VER variable.
AUTOCONF_ARGS	Command line arguments to pass to autoconf.
AUTOCONF_ENV	Set these variable=value pairs in the environment before running autoconf.
AUTOHEADER	Set to the path of GNU autoheader if it is not in the PATH. The default is set according to USE_AUTOCONF_VER.
AUTORECONF	Set to the path of GNU autoreconf if it is not in the PATH. The default is set according to USE_AUTOCONF_VER.
AUTOSCAN	Set to the path of GNU autoscan if it is not set in the PATH. The default is set according to USE_AUTOCONF_VER.
AUTOIFNAMES	Set to the path of GNU autoifnames if it is not set in the PATH. The default is set according to USE_AUTOCONF_VER.
USE_LIBTOOL	The port uses libtool. Implies GNU_CONFIGURE.
LIBTOOL	Set to the path of libtool if it is not set in the PATH.
LIBTOOLFILES	The files to patch for libtool. Defaults to aclocal.m4 if USE_AUTOCONF is defined, configure otherwise.
LIBTOOLFLAGS	Additional flags to pass to ltconfig. Defaults to --disable-ltlibs.